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Hypoplastic hippocampus in atypical Rett syndrome with a novel FOXG1 mutation.
Brain & development - 1 Jan 2018
Harada Kotoha, Yamamoto Mayumi, Konishi Yukihiko, Koyano Kaori, Takahashi Satoru, Namba Masanori, Kusaka Takashi
Abstract excerpt
The forkhead box G1 (FOXG1) gene encodes a brain-specific transcription factor and is associated with a congenital variant of atypical Rett syndrome (RTT); several FOXG1 mutations have been identified. The congenital variant of RTT shows a hypoplastic corpus callosum, delayed myelination, and frontal and temporal atrophy. Although no report has described a hippocampal abnormality in humans, the current study...
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